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. , a house hearing on islamic extremism in chechnya. during a white house photo op 's kingorgian -- jordan abdullah, president obama discussed the civil war and other issues pretty searing government has used chemical weapons in the two-year civil war prepress and obama called the findings game changer. he said the investigation continues. this is about 10 minutes. [no audio] i want to welcome to the oval office once again king abdullah. his majesty is a great friend of the united states. jordan is a great partner to the united states on a host of issues. although we have recently seen each other, want to thank his majesty for the extraordinary hospitality he showed during our visit. there remain a host of issues in the region we will have a opportunity to discuss. first of all, i want to congratulate his majesty on syria -- the serious issue inside of jordan. we have been supportive with respect to long guarantees and other efforts in part because we have also seen the abdulla take some very important steps to further open democracy an
. , a house hearing on islamic extremism in chechnya. during a white house photo op 's kingorgian -- jordan abdullah, president obama discussed the civil war and other issues pretty searing government has used chemical weapons in the two-year civil war prepress and obama called the findings game changer. he said the investigation continues. this is about 10 minutes. [no audio] i want to welcome to the oval office once again king abdullah. his majesty is a great friend of the united states....
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there are reports of chechnya's fighting in afghanistan and chechnya and the networks in europe. a qaeda has made recruitment priority and they were thought to have been trained in pakistan. the appearance of chechen fighters assad of the northern caucuses is ominous. the original uprising against russia was secular and nationalist. within this context there would be no motive for chechnya and exiles to attach united states. especially after we have given them sanctuary. obviously some chechnya's have had their world view radicalized, as was the case with the two boston terrorists who turned from young people being raised here into a jihadist mentality of global war against ininfidels. why is it happening? what outside forces have saw to transform the northern caucuses in central asia into a region of muslim extremism that did not exist before. in particular, what impact the -- does arabia play saudi arabia play and other islamic countries? greater cooperation with russia and the governments of central explored in order to properly understand and respond this emerging threat. thi
there are reports of chechnya's fighting in afghanistan and chechnya and the networks in europe. a qaeda has made recruitment priority and they were thought to have been trained in pakistan. the appearance of chechen fighters assad of the northern caucuses is ominous. the original uprising against russia was secular and nationalist. within this context there would be no motive for chechnya and exiles to attach united states. especially after we have given them sanctuary. obviously some...
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chechnya person from be a prominent citizen only one year? talkingke everybody's about the southern border. what about the northern border? the soviet union is connected to alaska through the bering strait. i had an opportunity to be in alaska -- i'm a physician. i know that they found some [indiscernible] and through that waterway. no one talks about that. cannt to know how you become an american citizen in one year. and why are they giving the mexican people such a hard time? all i have seen is very hard working people who are trying to better themselves. i can understand their plight, because of all the unrest in mexico and the south american countries. guest: thanks for calling. the first thing i would say is it is very early. this is a story that has been breaking overnight. there's a lot we don't know yet. immediately in the aftermath of the boston bombings earlier this week there was a lot of information that came out that turned out later not to be true. we will have to wait and see exactly how the story plays out. but that is a conce
chechnya person from be a prominent citizen only one year? talkingke everybody's about the southern border. what about the northern border? the soviet union is connected to alaska through the bering strait. i had an opportunity to be in alaska -- i'm a physician. i know that they found some [indiscernible] and through that waterway. no one talks about that. cannt to know how you become an american citizen in one year. and why are they giving the mexican people such a hard time? all i have seen...
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several pilots have reported that two individuals responsible for the bombings were immigrants from chechnya. ofore they became the focus the investigation, authorities questioned a saudi student to is on a terrorist watch list. -- who was on a terrorist watch list. i trust you'll probably respond given the impact this could have on the immigration debate. was he on a watch list of? ? >> he was not. was in the wrong place at the wrong time. he was never a subject or a person of interest. he was being interviewed. he was put on a watch list and then when it was determined he had nothing to do with the bombing, the status was removed. >> with regard to the older brother, was your department aware of his travels to russia? if you were not, the reason. >> in 2012? yes. pinged when he was a leading the united states. by the time he returned the matter had been closed. >> is it true that his identity documents and not match his airline ticket? >> there was a mismatch. the bill will help with this. it requires that passports be electronically readable as opposed to be mainly -- manually input. if i
several pilots have reported that two individuals responsible for the bombings were immigrants from chechnya. ofore they became the focus the investigation, authorities questioned a saudi student to is on a terrorist watch list. -- who was on a terrorist watch list. i trust you'll probably respond given the impact this could have on the immigration debate. was he on a watch list of? ? >> he was not. was in the wrong place at the wrong time. he was never a subject or a person of interest....
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government has talked about human rights abuses in chechnya. i wondered if you think the event in boston are going to way then any way the government with the human rights in chechnya. >> with respect to the ongoing investigation in boston, i have to reiterate the secretary's comment. it would be inappropriate to make further comment at this time. the situation in the northern caucasus, this is been a part of our human rights reporting on russia since 1995. serious human rights abuses taking place and acts of human rights violations committed by both authorities and militants. concern about guantÁnamo prisoners. would you agree that u.s. is engaged in what the punishment? to theold ourselves same standards by which we assess others. on the issue of guantÁnamo, the president has made clear his commitment to closing guantÁnamo but this has to be done in accordance with u.s. law and a conversation with the congress. i would have to refer you back to statements by the white house on that. [inaudible] >> thank you. but i strongly urge you to come
government has talked about human rights abuses in chechnya. i wondered if you think the event in boston are going to way then any way the government with the human rights in chechnya. >> with respect to the ongoing investigation in boston, i have to reiterate the secretary's comment. it would be inappropriate to make further comment at this time. the situation in the northern caucasus, this is been a part of our human rights reporting on russia since 1995. serious human rights abuses...
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it is not chechnya or muslim or christian or catholic or whenever. it is people that commit acts of terrorism host: colonel randall larsen of the institute of homeland security. -- is on on skarupa our line. caller: what about the parents of the suspect? is understand it came back in 2002 with the family. where is the family? have the authorities contacted the family? will we be seeing the family soon? guest: that is a good question. i was not aware of that. if their parents are here, i'm sure that they have been contacted by law enforcement now. and it is a very good question, were they involved in protecting the people since the attack? i'm sure the law enforcement people are hot on the trail. caller: are you still with us, george? -- host: george, are you still with us? caller: yes, they said that he came back with his father in 2002. host: tell us what you want to know more about the family and why are you making that connection? caller: it is like in the new town tragedy, the young man who did indeed, tcoacd the father and they got the father's
it is not chechnya or muslim or christian or catholic or whenever. it is people that commit acts of terrorism host: colonel randall larsen of the institute of homeland security. -- is on on skarupa our line. caller: what about the parents of the suspect? is understand it came back in 2002 with the family. where is the family? have the authorities contacted the family? will we be seeing the family soon? guest: that is a good question. i was not aware of that. if their parents are here, i'm sure...
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media outlets have reported that two individuals responsible for the bombings were immigrants from chechnya. before the brothers became the focus of the investigation, authorities questioned a saudi student who was on a terrorist watch ist. i sent a letter to you this questions about the bombers. i trust you'll probably respond given the impact this could have on the immigration debate. was he on a watch list? if so, how did he obtain a student visa? >> he was not on a watch list. what happened was this student was in the wrong place at the wrong time. he was never a subject or a erson of interest. because he was being interviewed, he was at that point being put on a watch list and then when it was quickly determined that he had nothing to do with the bombing, the watch list stats was removed. >> with regard to the older brother, was your department aware of his travels to russia? if you were not, the reason. >> in 2012? yes. the system pinged when he was a leaving the united states. by the time he returned the atter had been closed. >> is it true that his identity documents did not match h
media outlets have reported that two individuals responsible for the bombings were immigrants from chechnya. before the brothers became the focus of the investigation, authorities questioned a saudi student who was on a terrorist watch ist. i sent a letter to you this questions about the bombers. i trust you'll probably respond given the impact this could have on the immigration debate. was he on a watch list? if so, how did he obtain a student visa? >> he was not on a watch list. what...
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reportedilots have that two individuals responsible for the bombings were immigrants from chechnya. before they became the focus o the investigation, authorities questioned a saudi student who was on a terrorist watch list. i trust you'll probably respond given the impact this could have on the immigration debate. was hewatch list >> he was not. this student was in the wrong place at the wrong time. a was never a subject or person of interest. was bnterewed i w put on a watch list and then when it was determined he had nothing to do with the bombing, the status was removed. olderh regard to the brother, was your department aware of his travels to russia? >> in 2012? not, the reason. yes. the system pinged when he was a leading the united states. the time he returned matter had been closed. >> is it true that his identity documents did not match his airline ticket? >> there was a mismatch. the bill will help with this. it requires that passports be electronically readable as opposed to being manually input. it gets human error out of the process. there are redundancies. the system di
reportedilots have that two individuals responsible for the bombings were immigrants from chechnya. before they became the focus o the investigation, authorities questioned a saudi student who was on a terrorist watch list. i trust you'll probably respond given the impact this could have on the immigration debate. was hewatch list >> he was not. this student was in the wrong place at the wrong time. a was never a subject or person of interest. was bnterewed i w put on a watch list and...
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guest: i'm not suggesting this was a terrorist incident initiated by groups in chechnya. they use violence for an instrumental purpose and they use propaganda for an terroristtal purpose. organizations are also media organizations. they may want to distance themselves from these two boys because they know it's not in their best interest. that would work against them if united states started to look at that as a region of interest akin to yemen, somalia, afghanistan, pakistan. whether or not that's factually accurate, i don't know. it's not unusual for organizations to think instrumentally about this violence and use it when it's useful for them and distance themselves from it when it's not. that being said, there are groups in the caucuses that have an anti-american bent, anti- semitic bent as well as anti- russian bent. their concern is autonomy. there are actors within that environment. for them, had this been directly tied to have these two individuals been directly tied to those groups, i would be surprised if they didn't want to claim it. there are anti-american in a
guest: i'm not suggesting this was a terrorist incident initiated by groups in chechnya. they use violence for an instrumental purpose and they use propaganda for an terroristtal purpose. organizations are also media organizations. they may want to distance themselves from these two boys because they know it's not in their best interest. that would work against them if united states started to look at that as a region of interest akin to yemen, somalia, afghanistan, pakistan. whether or not...
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obviously russia has the better read on some of the jihadi and extremist organizations in chechnya. i think they in fact will have some meaningful information and that they are willing to share that with our liaison intelligence services and specifically the fbi. ironically i still work on a russian organized crime cases in the 1990's. it was very difficult to get information from the russians. every once in awhile to will flood the system with information. they have a signal to noise challenge. it was that you cannot make heads or tails out of the information that was actually being shared. i do think there is a unique opportunity here and i hope that the russians live up to their partnership here. i do think time will tell. howthis is a unique opportunity. host: we are taking your calls and comments in this segment. if you want to talk to frank cilluffo, currently he is the director of the hamas security --icy institute at george the homeland security policy institute at george washington university. the numbers are on the screen now. we wanted to get to the headline from "nationa
obviously russia has the better read on some of the jihadi and extremist organizations in chechnya. i think they in fact will have some meaningful information and that they are willing to share that with our liaison intelligence services and specifically the fbi. ironically i still work on a russian organized crime cases in the 1990's. it was very difficult to get information from the russians. every once in awhile to will flood the system with information. they have a signal to noise...
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outlets have reported that two individuals responsible for the tragic bombings were immigrants from chechnya. before the brothers came -- before the brothers became the focus of the investigation, authorities questioned a saudi student who reportedly was on a terrorist watch list. i sent a letter to you this morning asking for answers to questions about the bombers and how they interacted with your agency. i trust that you would promptly respond, given the impact that this could have on the immigration debate. questions, with regard to the saudi student, was he on a watch list and if so, how did he obtain a student visa? >> he was not on a watch list. what happened is this student was -- really, when you back it out, he's in the wrong place at the wrong time. he was never a subject, he was never even really a person of interest. because he was being interviewed, he was at that point put on a watch list and then when it was quickly determined he had nothing to do with the bombing, the watch listing status was removed. >> ok. in regard to the older brother two of the people, was your departmen
outlets have reported that two individuals responsible for the tragic bombings were immigrants from chechnya. before the brothers came -- before the brothers became the focus of the investigation, authorities questioned a saudi student who reportedly was on a terrorist watch list. i sent a letter to you this morning asking for answers to questions about the bombers and how they interacted with your agency. i trust that you would promptly respond, given the impact that this could have on the...
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host: ast: on c-span3 this morning, hearing on extremism in chechnya. we will carry that live starting at numeral 10:30 on c-span3. there is information about that. newer, new jersey -- sorry, new york. democrats line. caller: you guys make it hard every time someone talks and wants to ask another question. you are on the judicial committee, and you use the word letting illegals become citizens. if you are a republican and against that, you would never vote for a republican. these people are never going to be allowed to vote. so you have millions of people coming in you will make legal after they came into this country illegally. i don't know both we understand what the word "illegally" means anymore. apple today inc. -- in commerce are more worried about their party then about the american people. that is how i see it. i used to be a supervisor and i was in judicial so the word " illegal" to me meant breaking the law. almost all people agree with that. i cannot wait to hear your answer. , first of all, you are right, there is too much concern over how
host: ast: on c-span3 this morning, hearing on extremism in chechnya. we will carry that live starting at numeral 10:30 on c-span3. there is information about that. newer, new jersey -- sorry, new york. democrats line. caller: you guys make it hard every time someone talks and wants to ask another question. you are on the judicial committee, and you use the word letting illegals become citizens. if you are a republican and against that, you would never vote for a republican. these people are...
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. , a house hearing on islamic extremism in chechnya. during a white house photo op 's kingorgian -- jordan abdullah, president obama discussed the civil war and other issues pretty searing government has used chemical weapons in the two-year civil war prepress and obama called the findings game changer. he said the investigation continues. this is about 10 minutes.
. , a house hearing on islamic extremism in chechnya. during a white house photo op 's kingorgian -- jordan abdullah, president obama discussed the civil war and other issues pretty searing government has used chemical weapons in the two-year civil war prepress and obama called the findings game changer. he said the investigation continues. this is about 10 minutes.